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19 April 2015 | 7 replies
I have the experience to keep the house full, it's a piece of cake at this point.One thing I know, however, is that in order to make that work, the house has to be very impressive.
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10 July 2012 | 9 replies
That's why passive investing appeals to meEssentially, you're asking for your cake and you want to eat it too...
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22 May 2013 | 8 replies
These eat into your cash flow like a fat kid into a chocolate cake.
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28 September 2012 | 15 replies
And for the icing on the cake, I had people stop me and tell me they came because of Bigger Pockets!
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2 November 2007 | 8 replies
Them exercising the option is icing on the cake, and it depends on how you structured your deal: How much margin is there between your price to purchase the house with home owner, vs price for your tenant buyer to buy the home from you?
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6 January 2008 | 16 replies
Appreciation is just the icing on the cake when you buy right.
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2 November 2011 | 14 replies
depends what you are actually looking for. if your just going for cheapest period, detroit take the cake., as well as a few other places in the NW, ohio, some areas of new york, you can buy decent houses for $15k.
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10 June 2019 | 7 replies
If he does better, that its icing on the cake.